Spectacular views await visitors to this lake.

A blacklight mini-golf fever dream pays tribute to the iconic rock band.

At the base of the Spring Mountains, a unique nursery packed with desert plants.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

Colorful sand dunes create a unique attraction in this part of Utah's red-rock country.

This vintage animatronics show is the Vegas version of a walk through the woods.

Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

Within the former ghost town of Cisco is a carefully restored tiny town with one resident and its own art residency.

A striking, menacing sandstone peak towering above a landscape that's equal parts Mordor and the Moon.

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

This concert pavilion on the shore of the Great Salt Lake has been destroyed by fire, water, and disinterest but keeps coming back.

Drive up a paved road into "Nevada's Yosemite" for exquisite views and mountain hiking in an alpine setting.

An attractive alpine lake at 8,400 feet that is accessible via a paved road.

The world's largest dead polar bear, immortalized by taxidermy and Hunter S. Thompson.

A proto micro-nation sometimes populated by artists, surrounded on all sides by a Utah most barren.

A quirky old tree covered in tokens, cans, and bottles of wishes.

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

Metal water storage tank turned ethereal concert hall.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

A collection of over 15,000 zines works to preserve DIY publishing culture.

Gleaming self-built castle towers made from beer cans and inspired by "Vitamin Mary Jane."

Climb to the top of this spiritual tower, and you'll be rewarded with spectacular views.